BlackBerry Announces Android For Work Support

BlackBerry announced today that the BES12 cross-platform EMM solution will manage devices with Android for Work, Google’s container solution to securely separate business and personal data and apps. BES12 will provide organizations with the most secure and flexible way to manage Android for Work, supported by BlackBerry’s gold standard of mobile security, scalable architecture and trusted network.

The Android for Work capability further demonstrates BlackBerry’s commitment to managing all major device platforms and providing more choice for customers with Android deployments. Additionally, BlackBerry shared in a blog post today that it secures more iOS and Android apps through its Secure Work Space solution than any other MDM vendor.

You can read the full press release below.

BlackBerry Works With Google to Enhance Mobile Security and User Experience

BlackBerry to reinforce cross-platform capabilities as a preferred EMM provider of Android for Work

Waterloo, ON – BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB), a global leader in mobile communications, announced today that the Company is working with Google to enable BES12™: a cross-platform EMM solution by BlackBerry® to manage devices equipped with Android for Work, Google’s solution to securely separate business and personal data and applications.

Backed by BES12, Android for Work creates a secure, dedicated profile for business data and applications. The BES12 solution will seamlessly integrate with the Android OS to enable platform-level containerization. This will eliminate the need for application wrapping, while providing unhindered access to Google Now and any Android application available on Google Play™ that is permitted by an organization’s IT policies.

BES12 will provide organizations with the most secure and flexible way to manage Android for Work. Android for Work smartphones and tablets will be natively managed within the BES12 environment, which streamlines management of all device platforms and deployment models, such as BYOD and COBO, in a single command and control center. Android for Work will be deployable with BES12 either on-premise or in the cloud, and will be supported by BlackBerry’s gold standard of mobile security, scalable architecture and trusted network infrastructure.

“BlackBerry is working with Google to provide customers with solutions they can confidently deploy on all major mobile platforms within their organization,” said Billy Ho, Executive Vice President, Enterprise Products and Value Added Solutions, BlackBerry. “Android for Work with BES12 will provide customers with another option to enhance their mobile security and the productivity of their employees, and the peace of mind that they will not have to relinquish any control over corporate data, sacrifice user experience or introduce more complexity into their environments.”